Every payroll manager knows the shape of year-end. The regular payroll calendar does not pause, but on top of it lands everything else:W-2 preparation, final adjustments,...Read More
Ask an HR leader where their I-9s are, and you learn a lot from the pause before the answer. For many companies, the honest response is "mostly in a file cabinet, partly in a...Read More
Payday is a promise. Your people did the work, and on a specific morning, the money needs to be in their account. When it is not, nothing else you do that day matters. The...Read More
Voluntary deductions are the quiet troublemakers of payroll. A missed 401(k) change sits unnoticed for three pay periods. A charitable pledge keeps deducting six months after...Read More
Workers' compensation premiums are one of those costs most companies pay without ever really examining. The policy renews, the bill arrives, finance grumbles, everyone moves...Read More
It's late October, and somewhere right now an operations leader is telling HR they need 80 seasonal workers on the floor by the Friday after Thanksgiving. The req was...Read More
A few years ago, pay transparency was a conversation topic. Now it's a posting requirement. A growing list of states and cities require employers to publish salary ranges in...Read More
Every January, the same story plays out in payroll departments across the country. W-2s go out, and within a week the calls start. "My name is spelled wrong." "This isn't my...Read More
It usually starts with an email in September or October. The CFO, or an FP&A analyst working on her behalf, needs labor numbers for next year's budget: headcount by...Read More
